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The Scariest Comic Books of All Time! – Terminated

A reader named Chris S. suggested that I devote October to the scariest comic books of all-time, as suggested by you readers out there! Sounds like a plan to me! So all October-long, I’ll be featuring 31 comic book tales of terror, based on YOUR suggestions! So e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com your scary suggestions! Here is an archive of all the comics featured so far!

Commenter Doug Brunell suggested I feature a particularly clever story from Bruce Jones’ horror series for Pacific Comics, Twisted Tales. The story, “Terminated,” from 1983’s Twisted Tales #5, is about a town taking issue with a leper with an ending that they did not see coming. It was written (as were all of the stories from Twisted Tales #1-7) by Jones and it was drawn by the legendary Richard Corben.

Enjoy!

It’s just a three-pager, so I’ll just show you the whole thing…

Awesome ending.

Twisted Tales, as a whole, is worth tracking down in the back issue bins. The first seven issues are Jones telling short off-kilter horror stories by a variety of great artists.

A few of you have asked for Bruce Jones horror stories PERIOD, so I’ll be featuring another Twisted Tales story soon (it is even cooler than this one – it is drawn by Mike Ploog – I’m sure you Jones horror fans out there know which one I’m talking about).

See, this is how you do a story with a “message”. Decide on your moral (in this case, the often cliche and ham-fistedly portrayed message of tolerance), do it simply and not all preachy and in-your-face, and, most importantly, make it clever enough to avoid the cheese factor. Awesome stuff. Thanks, Brian (and Doug).

David Fullam

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No. It’s not the ending to “Cabin Fever,” but there is a scene in the movie reminiscent of it. Also, any of you into horror (why else would you be reading this thread), I’d ask you click on my name. I have a new offering for you horror fans.